Mother, music lover, fighter against injustice, queen of laffy taffy jokes. Words are my own. She/her pronouns.
May 1, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
My 14 year old trans kiddo has attempted suicide twice since the #OkLeg closed his gender affirming clinic in September. I hope the legislators are happy with the fact that they have removed children from receiving preventative care. We weren't even talking about surgery 🧵
or lifelong changes. We were talking about mental health, eating disorders, trauma, and how to have healthy relationships. By closing his clinic and increasing dangerous rhetoric, adult legislators have used my child as a pawn to keep power and have actively harmed him
Feb 8, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Trans health is up for legislative debate in Oklahoma today. Let's talk about this. 18 senators, none of whom are medical professionals, will debate my child's care going forward. 🧵
My child has the following care team. An adolescent medicine specialist, a gender care doctor, a therapist, a psychiatrist, and a primary care doctor. The lead on this team has three degrees, one from Harvard and trained in a Harvard teaching school.
